fencera

I got the silicone lube from Summit Racing.

The oem version of the Adus 5056 (48725-22110) is available from Lexus of Pembroke Pikes for $19.80 each with about $5 in shipping.

williamb82

ill check out summit. as for the stock bushings. no thanks. i prefer urethane. much firmer and lasts alot longer as well. i plan to replace all bushings with urethane as i can afford to.

edit: this is the stuff looks like a winner to me. i plan to drill and tap all the bushing locations for zirk fittings. this'll make it nice and easy to grease them. plus the bushings have a gap between them that shohld hold grease with no issues. the stuff you mentioned doesnt come in tubes for a grease gun.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PTP-19-1751/

Coulter

Just wanted to know what the effect on ride quality the ADUS polyurethane bushings had. I'm replacing the original rubber rear knuckle bushing (#2 on the diagram). I like the smooth Lexus ride and was worried the poly would make the ride bone-jarring stiff.

Was there a dramatic increase in stiffness?

Thanks for the info.

williamb82

well ,since i went from no bushings to urethane, my ride got better. then again, i also dont like a mushy ride. with all poly bushings it wont be bone jarring unless you put some stiff coilovers in.

CDriver

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Can someone mic the bushings and sleeve that go into the knuckle? I have an 02 GS300 and want to see if this will work for my app.

brianmch

Before the flames start, I'll say I've not found the answer yet...which is why I'm asking here.

Since we're talking rear end, anyone know anything bout rear upper control arm ball joints? I need them for my 99 w/185K on the clock and don't want to spend for new arms when I just need the ball joints.

TIA

williamb82

the ball joints are part of the upper control arms

brianmch

So I'm taking that to mean that they can't be replaced independently of the arms?

williamb82

no, they cant. they are part of the arms. when the ball joint goes bad, you must replace the control arm. this will be the case until a company makes an arm with replaceable balljoints. im sure techno toy tuning could do it, but wether they would or not is a different story.

Garage7RP

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Thanks for the great info and write-up.

305ls400

where did you buy the bushing

McPierson

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Does anyone have this information for 98-00 LS400?

PureDrifter

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same setup for the rear carrier bushing.

McPierson

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Have you tried the 5056 into the arm of a 2.5LS? Vincent and Ray said in this thread: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...m-bushing.html that the 5056 didn't fit into the rear "strut rod" (in the rod not attached to the knuckel). There were a few other threads that seemed like there were questions.

PureDrifter

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no idea on the 5056, i was talking about the carrier arm bushing that gets swapped for the ADUS 505 as that's what the knuckle bushing is.